"You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power"
Zig Ziglar
Author, Motivational Speaker
Zig Ziglar was a motivational speaker and author known for his insights on personal development and success, particularly through his book 'See You at the Top.'
- Born
- November 6, 1926
- Died
- November 28, 2012
- Quotes
- 741
- Rank
- #327
Quote collection
Zig Ziglar quotes (page 25 of 38)
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"A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base"
"You seldom, if ever, get lucky sitting down."
"Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others."
"Rather than shrinking away from your problems, grow bigger than them."
"You plus God equals enough."
"I'm a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word 'grow'."
"Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice."
"Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day."
"I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible."
"If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more."
"Many people say, "When I get a million dollars, then I'll be happy because I'll have security," but that's not necessarily so. Most people who acquire a million dollars want another and then another. Or they could be like a good friend of mine who made and lost every dime of a million dollars. It didn't bother him a bit. He wasn't excited about it, but he explained to me, "Zig, I still know everything necessary to make another million dollars, and I've learned what to do not to lost it. I'll simply go back to work and earn it again."
"Coincidence is Gods way of staying anonymous."
"Motivation is like bathing. You've got to do it every single day."
"I'm not in the speech making business. I'm not in the seminar business. I'm not in the writing book business. I'm in the changing lives business."
"With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening."
"Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting."
"Check the records; there has never been an undisciplined person who was a champion. Regardless of the field of endeavor, you'll find this to be true."
"Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?"
"It's a great day! And if you don't think it's a great day, just try missing one."